Landes, Kenneth K.
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY AND MANPublisher: Prentice Hall Direct, NY, 1951As New with no dust jacket. First Edition Thus. 1. Hard Cover Hardcover without dust jacket (as issued). 8vo (6.25 x 9.25"). ix, (iii) 414, (4) pp. Prentice-Hall Geology Series. 3rd Printing. Bound in publisher's full brown cloth, gilt (brown) lettering and borders on spine and cover. Illustrated with numerous B&W photographs. This is a new, unopened copy in perfect condition, with no ownership marks or other defects. AS NEW. The author, Chairman of the Department of Geology at the University of Michigan, has attempted to emphasize the effects that geologic processes, acting both in the past and the present, have had upon mankind. The book, therefore, includes not only a study of the geology of various mineral resources, and an analysis of physiography's controlling influence on man's activities, but it also provides longer than usual accounts of the effects of such catastrophic geologic agents as floods, hurricanes, volcanic explosions and earthquakes. Prentice-Hall Geology Series. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Siever, Raymond
SANDPublisher: Scientific American Library/W. H. Freeman Co., NY, 1988As New in As New dust jacket. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. ISBN: 071675021X FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. Small 4to (8.75 x 9.5"). xi, (iii), 237, (5) pp. Bound in publisher's full beige cloth, gilt (silver) lettering on spine. Gray endpapers. Printed on thick, glossy stock. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs, maps and drawings. This is volume No. 24 in the Scientific American Library Series. This is a new, unopened copy in perfect, pristine condition. AS NEW/AS NEW. This beautiful volume offers the reader a keener appreciation of one of our most widespread and overlooked resources. Indeed, we may never look at a desert dune or a river bank in quite the same way again. Aided by an extensive range of photographs and illustrations, the author first shows how the various properties of sand - such as the shape of its grains, its chemical-mineral composition, and its radioactive age - and its location in the Earth's crust are powerful diagnostic clues in understanding the dynamics of the Earth's surface. Very attractively illustrated and produced, with many fine color photographs. Scientific American Library Series. Vol. 24. Color Illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. xi, (iii), 237, (5) pp